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In a move that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago, public radio stations WYPR and WEAA today announced a collaboration to cover stories following the aftermath of Freddie Gray's death. As part of the deal, the stations' news directors, Joel McCord at WYPR and Carla Wills at WEAA, will work together to coordinate coverage and assign stories. Each piece will be available to both stations with joint attribution. It's a smart move for both stations. WYPR's Aaron Henkin produced a great edition of "The Signal" this week, interviewing residents of Penn-North, the scene of recent unrest, but other than that and some segments on...

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The Lehigh Valley hasn't had an Indianapolis 500 victory celebration in 46 years.Sage Karam said the other day that it's about time for another one.The 20-year-old Nazareth Area High School graduate was suggesting that he might be the honored guest.But...

Fran Fisher, the longtime Penn State broadcaster who connected with three different football coaches, died Wednesday night. He was 91.
Though he didn’t graduate from Penn State, Fisher was named an honorary alumnus following a broadcasting career that...

Penn State football coach James Franklin is always an entertaining interview.
Or so it seems to me.
Tom Fallon went one-on-one with the popular Nittany Lions coach and you can that exchange at 5 p.m. today on the "Happy Hour" on ESPN radio...

Here are the Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week:
1. RADIO 104.5 BIRTHDAY BASH
Philadelphia alternative radio station WRFF-FM 104.5 always has an impressive lineup of headliners for its annual Birthday Bash concert.
This year’s eighth edition has...

For many of us, baseball has always been part of summer's soundtrack.
Whether you're on a ride into the Pocono Mountains or on the beach at the shore, or maybe even sitting on the backporch catching a breeze, baseball on the radio is often part of the...

If you're looking for the Calling All Sports radio show on AM-1470 this morning and can't find it, it's not your radio's fault.
After more than 5-and-a-half years, the station has decided to change its Saturday morning programming and will no longer...

Baseball is back on ESPN radio of the Lehigh Valley (AM-1230, 1320). The eighth season of IronPigs baseball began on Thursday night and continues throughout the weekend.
Matt Provence, Jon Schaefer and new studio reporter Darius Thigpen will give you all...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Bucknell University has expelled three students over a school radio broadcast in which they made racist comments and used a slur.University president John Bravman met with about 1,000 students and staff Tuesday, a day after sending an...

ESPN radio of the Lehigh Valley (AM 1230, 1320) has its auction tonight with six "experiences" at stake.
People can bid NOW on six fantastic experiences at http://www.espnlv.com/MiracleLeagueAuction.aspx
Or, people can...

Singer Mary Lambert says her goal has always been to “impact as many people as possible,” though she believed it might be as a teacher, for which she got a college degree, or a politician.
Instead, while Lambert was working as a bartender in Seattle...

If Heritage Blues Orchestra’s Grammy-nominated debut album “And Still I Rise” sounds decidedly different from most popular blues music today — a raw and rough throwback to Deep South field-workers chants and seminal gospel chants — that’s the whole...

If you're not able to sit in front of the big screen in your living room or get wall-to-wall coverage at your favorite sports bar, ESPN radio of the Lehigh Valley (AM 1230, 1320) will have its share of the March Madness coverage beginning Tuesday...

During a career that last year marked 40 years of recording, blues-rocker George Thorogood and his band The Destroyers has played a good number of shows in the Lehigh Valley.
The band played Castle Garden in South Whitehall Township in 1984, Bilera...

During a career that last year marked 40 years of recording, blues-rocker George Thorogood and his band The Destroyers has played a good number of shows in the Lehigh Valley.
The band played Castle Garden in South Whitehall Township in 1984, Bilera...

During a career that last year marked 40 years of recording, blues-rocker George Thorogood and his band The Destroyers has played a good number of shows in the Lehigh Valley.
The band played Castle Garden in South Whitehall Township in 1984, Bilera...

March Madness is already in full swing and ESPN radio of the Lehigh Valley (AM-1230, 1320) will have plenty of it starting with tonight's Patriot League men's championship game.
Here's the schedule courtesy of Tom Fallon and he reminds that the...

GolfTalk Live, a Philadelphia-based syndicated golf show, has landed a spot on local radio.
ESPN Radio of the Lehigh Valley will carry the show, which is beginning its 10th season, at 10 a.m. Saturdays. Host Tony Leodora interviews the game's leading...

Joseph W. Timmer, known to many legions of Lehigh Valley polka fans as "Jolly Joe," has rolled out the last dance tune on his Bethlehem radio station, WGPA-AM.Confined to a nursing home with dementia, the 85-year-old Timmer was declared...

Ophira Eisenberg's professional life is sliced up into different sections. There's the cerebral and quick-witted host of NPR's popular weekly trivia program "Ask Me Another." And then there's the provocative and clever author, who penned the...

Lots of basketball coming up this weekend on ESPN radio of the Lehigh Valley (AM-1230, 1320) and there's another Villanova game coming up featuring Liberty High graduate Darrun Hilliard.
Here's the schedule, courtesy of Tom Fallon:
Friday, Feb. 13 –
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